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PAN Recommends No.3, 2005

An appeal to all Barangay Chairmen, City and Municipal Mayors, Provincial Governors, Congressmen and the National Nutrition Council to participate in the urgent need for immediate action for nutritional improvement.

• Establish and sustain the barangay plan and program of action for nutrition through a barangay- and family- driven approach.

The local government units at the provincial and municipal levels and in particular, at the barangay, are the key to effective strategy to address the needed urgent call for action in nutritional improvement.

LGUs have the authority and responsibility to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate, and most importantly, allocate needed resources for local nutrition programs through a barangay and family- driven approach.

LGUs have the power and accountability as well, to bring about improved nutrition for its constituents and their families by integrating the barangay plan and program of action for nutrition into the local development plan in all levels.

What LGUs must do

1.Focused targeting or giving priority and immediate attention to:

Families with underweight preschool children and/or pregnant and lactating women in target barangay

All cities and municipalities with the highest prevalence of underweight preschool children, and in these cities and municipalities, all barangays with the highest prevalence of underweight school children, as primary targets.

Improved nutrition committee organization and management of the nutrition program.

Micronutrient malnutrition trends to reside mostly in families with children suffering from protein-energy malnutrition. Reaching families with underweight preschool children will most likely target children with micronutrient malnutrition as well.

PAN Recommends . . . . . . . . .

A statement urging immediate action for a nutrition and related policy, strategy, program or measure to hasten nutritional improvement particularly among the children, women and other vulnerable groups.

Based on research and scientific investigations, international commitments and national priorities.